Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.6/29.5.1 integer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.6/29.5.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-49531. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Illustrator up to 28.7.6/29.5.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Illustrator versions 28.7.6, 29.5.1 and earlier are affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-49531 since 06/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/10/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241582 (Adobe Illustrator < 28.7.8 / 29.0.0 < 29.6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-65)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (241582) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-20734). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Image Processing Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Illustrator

Version

• 28.7.0
• 28.7.1
• 28.7.2
• 28.7.3
• 28.7.4
• 28.7.5
• 28.7.6
• 29.5.0
• 29.5.1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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